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Compare Visual Studio 2022 Editions

Supported Features Visual Studio
Community

Visual Studio
Professional

Visual Studio
Enterprise

Individual Developers
Classroom Learning
Academic Research
Contributing to Open Source Projects
Non-enterprise organizations 1,
for up to 5 users
Feature not supported Feature not supported
Enterprise Feature not supported
Development Platform Support 2 One hundred percent feature support One hundred percent feature support One hundred percent feature support
Supported Features Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise
Live Dependency Validation Feature not supported Feature not supported
Architectural Layer Diagrams Feature not supported Feature not supported
Architecture Validation Feature not supported Feature not supported
Code Clone Feature not supported Feature not supported
CodeLens
Peek Definition
Refactoring
One-Click Web Deployment
Model Resource Viewer
Visualize solutions with Dependency Graphs and Code Maps 3 3
Multi-Targeting
Supported Features Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise
IntelliTrace Feature not supported
Code Map Debugger Integration Feature not supported Feature not supported
.NET Memory Dump Analysis Feature not supported Feature not supported
Code Metrics
Graphics Debugging
Static Code Analysis
Performance and Diagnostics Hub 4
Snapshot Debugger Feature not supported Feature not supported
Time Travel Debugging (Preview) Feature not supported Feature not supported
Supported Features Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise
Live Unit Testing Feature not supported Feature not supported
IntelliTest Feature not supported Feature not supported
Microsoft Fakes (Unit Test Isolation) Feature not supported Feature not supported
Code Coverage Feature not supported Feature not supported
Unit Testing
Supported Features Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise
Embedded Assemblies Feature not supported Feature not supported
Remoted iOS Simulator for Windows
Share code between Android and iOS with Xamarin
Native iOS and Android UI Designers
.NET MAUI
Supported Features Visual Studio Community Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Enterprise
PowerPoint Storyboarding
Code Review
Task Suspend/Resume
Team Explorer (third-party development tools support)
Visual Studio Live Share
Supported Features Visual Studio
Community

Visual Studio
Professional

Visual Studio
Enterprise

Supported Usage Scenarios + Seventy-five percent feature support One hundred percent feature support One hundred percent feature support
Individual Developers
Classroom Learning
Academic Research
Contributing to Open Source Projects
Non-enterprise organizations 1,
for up to 5 users
Enterprise
Development Platform Support 2 One hundred percent feature support One hundred percent feature support One hundred percent feature support
Integrated Development Environment + Seventy-five percent feature support Seventy-five percent feature support One hundred percent feature support
Live Dependency Validation
Architectural Layer Diagrams
Architecture Validation
Code Clone
CodeLens Feature supported
Peek Definition
Refactoring
One-Click Web Deployment
Model Resource Viewer
Visualize solutions with Dependency Graphs and Code Maps 3 3
Multi-Targeting
Advanced Debugging and Diagnostics + Fifty percent feature support Fifty percent feature support One hundred percent feature support
IntelliTrace
Code Map Debugger Integration
.NET Memory Dump Analysis
Code Metrics
Graphics Debugging
Static Code Analysis
Performance and Diagnostics Hub 4
Testing Tools + Twenty-five percent feature support Twenty-five percent feature support One hundred percent feature support
Live Unit Testing
Test Case Management
Web Load & Performance Testing
IntelliTest
Microsoft Fakes (Unit Test Isolation)
Code Coverage
Lab Management
Coded UI Testing
Manual Testing with Microsoft Test Manager
Exploratory Testing with Microsoft Test Manager
Fast-forward for Manual Testing with Microsoft Test Manager
Unit Testing
Cross PLatform Development + Fifty percent feature support Fifty percent feature support One hundred percent feature support
Embedded Assemblies
Xamarin Inspector
Xamarin Profiler
Remoted iOS Simulator for Windows
Share code between Android and iOS with Xamarin
Native iOS and Android UI Designers
Xamarin.Forms
Xamarin Instant Player
Collaboration Tools and Features + One hundred percent feature support One hundred percent feature support One hundred percent feature support
PowerPoint Storyboarding
Code Review
Task Suspend/Resume
Team Explorer (third-party development tools support)
Visual Studio Live Share

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Footnotes:

  1. Enterprise organizations are defined as >250 PCs or > $1 Million US Dollars in annual revenue.
  2. Windows Desktop, Universal Windows Apps, Web (ASP.NET), Office 365, Business Applications, Azure Stack, C++ Cross-Platform Library Development, Python, Node.js, .NET Core, Docker Tools
  3. Can open diagrams generated in other Visual Studio editions in read-only mode.
  4. Includes Tier Interaction Profiling.

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